Question

euglena is animal as​

Answer 1

Answer:

Euglena is a large genus of unicellular protists: they have both plant and animal characteristics. All live in water, and move by means of a flagellum. This is an animal characteristic. Most have chloroplasts, which are characteristic of algae and plants.

Answer 2

• Euglena is an organism that shows dual nature of both animal and plants.

• According to modern 5 kingdom classification system, Euglena has been kept in protista. However, according to our traditional classification it is used to be studied by both botanist and zoologists. This is because, it shows both plant characters like presence of chloroplast, performing photosynthesis as well as animal characters.

Animal Characteristics in Euglena:

• Presence of paraflagellar body as photoreceptor organelle.
• Performs locomotion like animals via Euglenoid movement or metabolic movement.
• Responds to various stimuli like geotrophic, light and shock.
• Presence of paramylon instead of true starch as reserved food material.
• Shows holozoic and saprotrophic nutrition performing pinocytosis.
• Presence of centrioles to form kinetosomes.
• Absence of cell wall and presence of plasma membrance.
• Performs systole-diastole for osmoregulation.

Due to these reasons, Euglena is still studied under zoology.